pinafore en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈpɪ.nəˌfɔ(ɹ)/
- (UK) audio
Etymology
Univerbation of pin + afore. The pinafore was originally pinned to the front of a dress, as it had no buttons.
Meanings
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A sleeveless dress, often similar to an apron, generally worn over other clothes, and most often worn by young girls as an overdress.
She was a strangely thin girl in a dark pinafore, with a pink handkerchief tied over her hair.
1917 September 20, Katherine Mansfield [pseudonym; Kathleen Mansfield Murry], “Feuille d’Album”, in Bliss and Other Stories, London: Constable & Company, published 1920, →OCLC, page 223:“He looks just like an angel,” said the Charity Children as they came out of the cathedral in their bright scarlet cloaks, and their clean white pinafores.
1888, Oscar Wilde, “The Happy Prince”, in The Happy Prince and Other Tales:The starched pinafore with the wide frills on each shoulder, which she always wore over her grey frock, was removed, and the frock itself changed for her best navy blue serge.
1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 55:The old man heaved himself from the chair, seized Jessamy by her pinafore frill and marched her to the house.
1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 84:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pinafores | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (22)
it salopette (sleeveless dress) · bg престилка (sleeveless dress) · bg сукман (sleeveless dress) · ota گوگسلك (sleeveless dress) · it grembiule (sleeveless dress) · de Trägerkleid (sleeveless dress) · cs zástěrka (sleeveless dress) · fr tablier (sleeveless dress) · nl overgooier (sleeveless dress) · sv karinförkläde (sleeveless dress) · de Kittelschürze (sleeveless dress) · pt salopete (sleeveless dress) · ga pilirín (sleeveless dress) · ga bibe (sleeveless dress) · sv madickenförkläde (sleeveless dress) · sh nadhaljina (sleeveless dress) · io avantalo (sleeveless dress) · it scamiciato (sleeveless dress) · mi āraiaroaro (sleeveless dress) · az döşlük (sleeveless dress) · cs propínací šaty (sleeveless dress) · de Latzkleid (sleeveless dress)